Introduction: Bottled Christmas Tree

Step 1: SUPPLIES

I got mine from a banquet(everyone drank the sodas and were going to toss the bottles)

One Pair of scissors

I had scissors at home

3 sheets of scrap paper

This paper was from a health packet from my freshman year

Tape (I used a lint roller because I didn't have any tape on hand)

I had lint rollers at my house

Sharpies of desired color

Sharpies were found in my house

Step 2: COLORING

Cut middle of the bottles out

Divide into equal length strips

Color with desired colors

Step 3: ASSEMBLING

Roll the 3 sheets of paper so that it fits into the nozzle of the soda bottle

Use the nozzle as a stand

Cut the sheets of colored plastic horizontally

Tape on the colored plastic onto the rolled paper

Step 4: ASSEMBLING

Continue same steps until you reach the top

Step 5: ASSEMBLING

You may want to taper the tree for a triangular look.

Step 6: DECORATIONS

Color the tops of the other 3 bottles with desired color

Cut it into one continuous thin spiral ring

Step 7: DECORATIONS

Wrap around tree

Repeat with another color if so desired

Step 8: CHRISTMAS TREE

Up-cycling: to reuse in such a way as to create a product of higher quality than the original.

Up-cycling can increase the value of the product from the original.

You can up-cycle by taking paper and making it into oragami, or taking bottles and making it into a Christmas tree.

Up-cycling is different from recycling because recycling is converting waste into a reusable material that is of lower grade. Recycling is prolonging the life span of a resource by making something of lower quality with the recycled product. Up-cycling however, is creating something new from the same original product. Up-cycling can be repeated in returning materials back up the supply chain while recycling degrades the material and can be used only for lower quality items.

Reduce: to make something smaller or use less, resulting in a smaller amount of waste.

An important part in reducing is conserving. Conservation is the act of using natural resources wisely and using it less in order to avoid waste.

A way to reduce is to purchase products with less packaging.

Reuse: to use something more than once.

Reusing materials in their original form to help the environment.

One way to reuse is to use washable cups and bowls instead of disposable ones.

Recycle: to convert waste into reusable material.

Many things such as cans, bottles, and paper can be recycled. By recycling, it will reduce the amount of resources extracted from the earth.